How To Install a Window AC Unit In a Travel Trailer

how to install a window air conditioning unit and a tribal trailer so I can still travel Sharon our neighbor asked me to install a window air conditioning unit into her wilderness travel trailer that really doesn't travel that much her roof-mounted air conditioning died about a year ago and it gets hot in Lake Elsinore she couldn't afford to repair the roof unit let alone replace it however a friend gave her this LG unit and it would fit into this window with some modifications now there are many ways to install an air conditioning unit into an RV most of the methods will prevent the RV from being moved unless you remove all of the modifications and seal up the hole that was made now putting the unit on the front or back of the trailer or inside of a compartment will solve some of these issues but the front or back were not options in this case and there wasn't a compartment available either in putting the window air conditioning unit into the driver side window of our class a Alfa SIA I saw that there is a way to use an existing window with small modifications to install a window air conditioning unit and be able to remove it for travel in just minutes without damaging the window so I used some of the same principles on her air conditioning in it to make it removable without leaving gaping holes in the side of the trailer this only requires that the window be larger than the smallest size of the air conditioning unit the specifications of most window air conditioning units will give the opening that they expect when installing in a house or apartment window these measurements are always larger than the smallest size of the air conditioning unit so you can see there is a need to take real measurements of the box that passes through the window not including the part that stays in the room in this case the air conditioning unit smallest measurements were seventeen and a half inches wide and 12 inches tall the window has a maximum clear opening of 21 inches wide and 19 and 5/8 inches tall this is a good size everything will fit since the windows have round corner you can't just set it on the windowsill it won't fit properly and you'll have to fill the gaps and those adapters that they come with the air-conditioning unit are worthless especially for this particular application it's better to build an adapter that raises the windowsill and makes a square corner that the air-conditioning unit can fit into right up against the corner I made these adapters from quarter-inch plywood and one by two furring strips now the furring strips have an actual working size of three quarters of an inch by one and a half inches average but these are irregular so you need to measure the wood to see what the actual size is that you're working with the adapters are made to fit into the window and fit against the window frame on the inside and outside this means that there is no need to put any holes into the side of the trailer or into the window frame one adapter for the bottom and one adapter for the top the one on the top is the one that keeps the AC unit from falling out of the window the one on the bottom not only holds the air-conditioning unit up but also keeps the bottom from tilting into the trailer and then falling out of the window this diagram shows where the pressures are and how the adapters prevent the air-conditioning unit from falling out now after looking at this and working with it a couple of times the only thing that I should have added would be a handle on the top adapter so I could hold it in place while I slid the air-conditioning unit into the window but even without that it does work and to remove it only takes a couple of minutes and just close the window for travel or for the winter now this is not as convenient as the roof air conditioning that doesn't have to be removed for travel or a front or rear mounted unit that wouldn't have to be removed travel either but these units are less than 150 dollars on sale and work using very little electricity and the adapter method of installing keeps the trailer mobile and that part I made from leftover parts from other projects her trailer is only about 260 square feet and less than 7 foot ceilings divided into three main rooms so it's cooling really a very small area but doing it very well so what do you think about this method of air conditioning installation did it give you some ideas on how to do this yourself please leave a comment below telling us what you think or how you would do this kind of air conditioning installation thanks for watching our video if you like what you see press the like button below and subscribe and also check out our other videos you

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Length: 5min 8sec (308 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 25 2019